AMD has announced that its physically-based rendering engine, Radeon ProRender, is now available as a free, downloadable plug-in for Autodesk Inventor 2021 and 2022. It will help Inventor users create photorealistic images of their parts and assemblies. Radeon ProRender is built on AMD’s accelerated ray intersection library, Radeon Rays. Radeon ProRender uses open, common … [Read more...] about AMD releases Radeon ProRender plug-in for Autodesk Inventor
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The Arc of the story—Intel brands its GPU
It takes a village to tell a story, and this is a long story. After years in the process, Intel has come up with several names for their proposed someday dGPUs. To tell the world about it, Intel’s marketing department shed a little of the spotlight on some of the troops who are valiantly struggling to fulfill Raja Koduri’s promise. A group of them made a video you can … [Read more...] about The Arc of the story—Intel brands its GPU
AMD Q2 2021 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 99% from last year to $3.85 billion, GAAP profit was $710 million, up 352% from last year. AMD announced revenue of $3.85 billion for the second quarter of 2021, operating income of $924 million, net income of $710 million. “Our business performed exceptionally well in the second quarter as revenue and operating margin doubled and … [Read more...] about AMD Q2 2021 results
What happened this year in GPU land?
Nothing as we know it has been, or will be, the same. The year started with uncertainty and half-way in, things still haven’t settled down; maybe they never will. Nvidia kept introducing new GPUs and AIBs. Its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) has given the company an edge with dedicated hardware accelerated ray tracing. They kept making ray tracing more compelling … [Read more...] about What happened this year in GPU land?
AMD fills out its lineup with powerful new workstation entries
AMD’s latest workstation lineup includes the W6800, and a W6600 for desktop and mobile. AMD has been rolling out its RDNA 2 across all its product lines first shipping in the fall of 2020. That in itself is noteworthy because AMD has a good story to tell with its broad-based product line. All the products are taking advantage of AMD’s 7-nm process technology, and AMD even … [Read more...] about AMD fills out its lineup with powerful new workstation entries
AMD Q1 2021 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 93% from last year to $3.5 billion, GAAP profit was $555 million, up 243% from last year. AMD announced revenue for the first quarter of 2021 of $3.45 billion, operating income of $662 million, net income of $555 million. “Our business continued to accelerate in the first quarter driven by the best product portfolio in our history, strong … [Read more...] about AMD Q1 2021 results
AMD’s latest Adrenalin update puts the fun in functionality
The latest update is feature packed. AMD has gotten into the cadence of releasing a Radeon driver every month and then hotfixes after users have a chance to de-bug them, but these days there is minimal fuss. The company has delivered on their promise of driver stability. The latest release updated their Anti-Lag and Boost for high framerate, low latency gaming, and as … [Read more...] about AMD’s latest Adrenalin update puts the fun in functionality
AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors
AMD continues its takeover of the notebook space. AMD introduced its Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors based on the Zen 3 core architecture. The new processors are designed for premium business laptops and include AMD’s hardware-based Pro technologies for enterprise-class security features. The chips were announced with two significant design wins, one from HP … [Read more...] about AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors
Foundry announces schedule for the second edition of virtual Foundry Live
Foundry is organizing one of its biggest online event of the year, Foundry Live, from March 15 to March 25. The event will showcase new innovations by Foundry, sneak peeks into the latest product developments, and more importantly the key trends in the VFX industry. Foundry Live is supported by Lenovo and AMD. This year’s virtual sessions will discuss the future of Look … [Read more...] about Foundry announces schedule for the second edition of virtual Foundry Live
AMD continues its rise with Q4 2020 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 52.3% from last year to $3.2 billion, GAAP profit was $1.8 billion, 948% from last year. AMD announced its Q4’20 revenue hit $3.24 billion, with an operating income of $570 million, and a net income of $1.78 billion. For the year 2020, the company reported revenue of $9.76 billion, operating income of $1.37 billion, and net income of $2.49 … [Read more...] about AMD continues its rise with Q4 2020 results